Youth

Not only does the National Park Service centennial provide an opportunity to celebrate 100 years of conserving important landscapes and landmarks across America, it is a chance to plan for the future of our national park system — and how Americans connect with it.

Starting a Family Adventures in Nature (FAN) Club can help your chapter attract families – and keep them coming back. To help you get started, the League has created a "Family Adventures in Nature Club Guidebook" and free templates for marketing materials.

Some pollution is easy to identify. Other times, “pollution” can mean something different for people and for fish and wildlife. That’s why the Izaak Walton League developed the Save Our Streams program and Creek Freaks project for kids – to test water quality using science.

After hearing how little unstructured outdoor play children get these days and all the detrimental effects this has on children’s physical, mental, and emotional health, I no longer believe that chaos is an occasional inconvenience for outdoor educators.

This manual offers an overview of running an Izaak Walton League youth program, including legal issues and activity ideas. If your chapter wants to ​create a youth program, this is a great place to start!